Squid (calamari), cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Blue crab, canned: 100 g · Squid (calamari), cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Squid (calamari), cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue crab, canned for less saturated fat and more calcium.
Pick Squid (calamari), cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy83 kcal175 kcal
- Proteinmore is better17.88 g17.94 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g7.79 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat0.74 g7.48 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.2 g1.88 g
- Sodiumless is better563 mg306 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better259 mg279 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN91 mg39 mg
- Ironmore is better0.5 mg1.01 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better36 mg38 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better3.3 mg4.2 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

